20. According to the article, how has observing the decline of big trees most affected the author?

O A He became active in reducing carbon emissions in

order to protect big trees.

B He expanded his previous research of American big

trees to become a global study.

C He expanded his research, intending to further explain

and publicize the causes of big trees' decline.

D He was relieved and encouraged by people's

enthusiasm to protect big trees and the environment.

What is montagu's view of swift in the passage, and how does she use convey that point of view? use specific details from the passage, and how does she use sarcasm, satire, or irony to convey that point of view? use specific details from the passage to support your ideas.

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lane. i attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. i have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand. algernon. good heavens! is marriage so demoralising as that? this excerpt best illustrates which feature of a comedy of manners?

Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.